Always look for the union label: Music vids for Labor Day Weekend
It’s Labor Day Weekend!
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Happy Labor Day Weekend!
Sing along with the music that celebrates the ordinary working people who keep this country — and the world — in business: Look for the Union Label, Workin’ in a Coal Mine, This Land Is Your Land, and a stunning Leonard Cohen version of Solidarity Forever.
Mas…Always look for the union label: Music vids for Labor Day Weekend
Sheriff Joe Arpaio is on the Trump Train to Turdtown (toon)
[Payton Hoegh toons regularly at Weekly Political dot com.]
How about some deep-fried fresh tuna tacos? (video)
Check out these yummy looking tacos de atun (tuna) prepared in the style of Baja fish tacos — i.e, deep fried, but with pico de gallo instead of cabbage and (no comment) flour tortillas. [This recipe video was made for the EL ROSAL masa harina people, in Tijuana.]
POCHO’s Texas Editor: How to help the gente affected by Harvey
As a legal aid attorney, I know victims of Hurricane Harvey will need assistance in asserting and protecting their rights. I recommend donating to the following funds:
Mas…POCHO’s Texas Editor: How to help the gente affected by Harvey
Pocho Ocho Top Facts NOT in Ad Age’s New 2017 Hispanic Fact Pack
Trade publication Advertising Age’s new Hispanic Fact Pack has hit the Interwebs, revealing tantalizing details about the “Hispanic market” which means you.
And it’s packed, por supuesto, with facts:
Mas…Pocho Ocho Top Facts NOT in Ad Age’s New 2017 Hispanic Fact Pack
This is a love song to Tacos El Tigre, in Colima, MX (video)
“You’re just too good to be true,” sings Frankie Valli. “I can’t take my eyes off of you.” And love is love, in the City of Colima, in the State of Colima, at Tacos El Tigre and their delicious tacos adobada. It’s obvious videographers Atempo Fotographia are in love with these tacos, and why not? Rigoberto y Leo Manzo’s family has been running Tacos El Tigre for 40 years.
It’s a tango! It’s ragtime! It’s ‘El Apache Argentino’ (videos)
What do we know about Uruguayan-turned-Argentinian pianist and composer Manuel Aróztegui? Not too much other than he wrote this crazy cool tune at the turn of the last century — i.e, 1900! Here’s the composer’s “ragtime tango” El Apache Argentino as performed by Juanjo Domínguez on classical guitar.
And here’s the same tune on ragtime style on a player piano:
Mas…It’s a tango! It’s ragtime! It’s ‘El Apache Argentino’ (videos)
Taqueria El Tio two-for-the-price-of-one carnitas tacos = 7.4 (video)
Not worth a schlep from out of town, but if you’re hungry and situated between the Los Alamitos and Santa Anita race tracks, Taqueria El Tio in Bellflower is a solid 7.4, especially on two-for-the-price of-one carnitas tacos Thursday. [Horse and taco lover Jose Contreras reports for Tacos and Trifectas. He’s @losponies on the Twitter.]
Today was the day I marched with MLK; I still have the dream (video)
MLK waves to me and my posse [arrow] next to the reflecting pool.
They say the Washington, D.C. weather — typically mondo muggy in the summer — was unusually mild on August 28, 1963. But the air burned with the fire of freedom on the march, the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, led by Martin Luther King.
Mas…Today was the day I marched with MLK; I still have the dream (video)
Celeb chef and lifestyle guru Marisol’s ‘Day of Self-Care’ (video)
Celebrity chef and lifestyle guru Marisol takes time off from the Pinche Rata Race for A Day of Self-Care — and you can too! [Video by Más Mejor.]
Donald Trump is the stealthiest Commander-in-Chief (toon)
[More Payton Hoegh toons at Weakly Political.]